Global Patent Index - EP 0972705 A1

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IT BO980426 A 19980714

Abstract (en)

A method and machine (1) for wrapping a product (2) in a sheet (3) of wrapping material, whereby a wrapping head (6) is fed along a wrapping path (P1), along a first portion (P2) of which, the wrapping head (6) is positioned perpendicular with respect to the wrapping path (P1) to receive the sheet (3) of wrapping material and the product (2), about which the sheet (3) of wrapping material is folded to form a tubular wrapping (16) having two opposite open ends (17); along a second portion (P3) of the wrapping path (P1), the wrapping head (6) is positioned parallel to the wrapping path (P1) so as to cooperate, as the wrapping head travels along the wrapping path (P1), with a fixed folding device (20) for folding the aforementioned open ends (17). <IMAGE>